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June 25, 2009

it's so hawt

It's so hot here that my camera keeps fogging up when I try to take pictures at the park!

So we're staying cool on the merry go round.

You know my first sling maker Kim of KimzKreations? Well, she makes beautiful solarveil slings perfect for summer and water. The solarveil offers up some protection from the sun and is also very lightweight on a hot summer day.

She sent me a new one in pink for Ivy just because and it's already on loan for a friend to try out at the beach, so I didn't get a photo in it yet (but you can see me wearing my black one she gave me, also out on loan, here with Gray.)

Kim's such a giver (like me, apparently!) and she wants to make one for you using a pair of very special rings she has, and you can choose from several fabric colors if you win.

Just leave a comment here if you'd like to win! I'll choose one winner at random sometime after 11:59 pm Monday June 29.

Oh, I'd love one of those for my little Beverlie! I've been so worried about the sun burning her again. She's only 3 months old and has already had her first sunburn despite my best efforts to keep her out of the sun. =(

My camera has been doing that a lot lately also, it is so frustrating at times.

Slings for in the water sound great! And since it's looking like DH is eager, against my better judgement we'll probably end up with a summer baby. Hot sticky East coast summer means I will be int he water like crazy!

I was just thinking about how I wish I had a better carrier for those sooo hot darn days. We just bought an Ergo- TOTALLY LOVE, but it does make Audrey hot. Sooo, I hope I win! That would make my day, week, month, year! I have never won anything before!

Oh this makes me so excited! I am trying to build up a sling/carrier stash since Baby Bug will be here sooner than i want to think about and i want to have a lot of options and find my faves! This will be my first time baby wearing!

We live in FL and Jill just loves to be outside, so I hope my little man likes the great outdoors too:) What better way to break him in nicely then to wear him in comfort and style! Oh please, oh please with a cherry on top!:)

We spent a very hot Wednesday at a free spray park about 25 min from our house. Nothing is better than cooling off in the cold water then playing in the sand box for hours!! A light weight sling for the summer would be great!! Katrina

I would love, love, love one of those slings! Just yesterday, we were at the pool and I was thinking how WONDERFUL it would be to have the baby in the sling while I chased around our three-year-old boys.

I would love one of her slings. I just had my baby a week ago and she loves being wrapped up. I checked out Kim's slings and they are super cute. Also, I love reading your blog. I would have never thought I would be a ring sling person without reading so I would love to have Kim's slings be one of my first ring slings. Thanks

Great photographs! I love the idea of a water-friendly sling! I've been using a snugli and a maya wrap since Oscar was born four months ago, and I'm just beginning to learn about all the wonderful slings out there.

you ARE a giver. i love to give too and hope our girls always find the joy in giving that they {usually} do now. thanks for letting bianca and i try this already!! i'm so thankful, as i was kicking myself for not ordering one for vacation! loving ivy on the slide. =)

Just had to tell you, you have addicted me to...... Capture You!!!You were the first place I saw it. Then ever since I started you aren't doing it anymore. :( It is fun to have the challenge. But mostly to have the creative outlet! Thanks so much.

I would absolutely LOVE a sling like this! I actually have been thinking about it wondering if there are slings out there made for water! I have 3 small children .. 3 under 3 a 3 yr old, 2 yr old and 6 month old and I have been taking them into the pool and attaching baby with my ring sling which gets extremely heavy while in water and makes me hot! :-) So I was thinking something that would work in the water and would keep you a little cooler on summer days would be SO nice to have!! Especially with having 3 under 3, my sling has come in handy!! I am forever GREATFUL to whoever came up with the whole sling Idea to began with!! I just LOVE the one that I have! ;-)

I love Kim's sling! I just bought one from her last week because I'd seen her name mentioned on your blog... my first ring sling. So it's kind of greedy for me to enter, but I have a friend who's due in August who I know would adore a sling and it would be great to win for her. We need Solarveil here in Arizona! :-)

I just love the pictures of Ivy in the up-cycled t-shirt dresses. They are adorable.Wow, could Gibson and I enjoy a cooler sling. We were roasting on our walk downtown in our heavy (not summery) sling.

It's too hot here as well. Especially for me, being 26 weeks pregnant with our third. The first two seem unaffected by the heat and could play outside all day! I would love to win the sling. We spend lots of time at my grandparents' cottage on the lake and know that we will need a sling for our little one. Stay cool!

I have really been wanting a ring sling to carry my daughter around in. She's getting to big for the peanut shell I originally bought. Plus slinging in Louisiana is a HOT business almost all year round.

I would love to win...I really need one for the beach and pool, but my husband does not think I need to buy anymore :( I do not have a ring sling either....I hope I win!!! Cute post and pics....it is really hot here too!! I love summer :)

Wow you are both so sweet - you and Kim! I would love to win - I would definitely trust a sling from Kim after reading about your experiences. Not nearly as hot hear in Colorado as it is there - but I am still LOVING summer right now!

Hi, I just found your blog . And I love it . You have great advice on babywearing and cloth diapers. I have a 4 year old and a almost 4 month old and would love this sling . Currently I have a baby hawk that i rock out every day and thats it ,so I would love to try a sling .

I would love to win a sling. My 13 month old is not walking yet and gets so mad when I set her on the floor and clings to my leg so that I cant move. I NEED one but am 1)broke (unemployed) and 2)afraid if I buy an expensive one that it wont fit right.

It's been too hot for me to even blog. Seriously. I am just lying around like an old dog and going to the pool. Speaking of the pool... I'd love to have the sling to wear there! I keep thinking I need to get one!

For some reason I am hesitant to use a ring sling. I don't know why! I need to get together with the babywearing group here in Pittsburgh and see what they have in their loan library. I did just get a Wrapsody Gypsymama Water Wrap, and it is great for the summer heat!

We would LOVE a Solarveil sling! We have a brand new two week old boy, and a 2.5 year old girl who NEEDS to be in the pool every day (here in Yuma, where it's at least 105 everyday) So a Solarveil sling would really rock our world! Fingers crossed :)

I love reading your blog; I too have a girl after having three boys and it's nice to see that your life is as wonderful and chaotic as mine :) It's hot up here in Wi and if I won my 9 week old and I would surely use the sling a ton!